China

BMI View: President Ma Ying-jeou's administration has taken a number of bold steps to improve cross-strait ties of late, to the chagrin of the pro-independence opposition. Although... 2008-07-31

With its vast supply of cheap labour, and rapid economic growth, China will remain among the most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the developing world.... 2008-07-30

State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's largest integrated oil and gas company, has announced that it will cut its workforce by 5% over three years as the... 2008-07-29

China's red hot economy continues to gradually cool on the back of a weaker performance of exports and official monetary tightening efforts, with real GDP growth slowing for the fourth... 2008-07-17

Capital spending in China retained its robust momentum in May, with latest data revealing that fixed asset investment rose 25.6% y-o-y in the first five months of the year. Meanwhile,... 2008-07-01

In yet another indicator that underlying economic activity remains robust in China, car sales rose 15.59% y-o-y in May to 564,600 units, accelerating from annual growth of 10.83%... 2008-06-12

BMI View: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's forthcoming visit to North Korea will be aimed at shoring up bilateral relations, as Beijing prepares to hold a new round of 'six-way... 2008-06-10

Manufacturing activity in April, as measured by the purchasing managers' index (PMI), expanded at the fastest pace ever recorded, as new domestic orders soared to compensate for the... 2008-05-13

The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand has become the first such trade treaty between China and a developed economy. Under the terms of the deal, New Zealand... 2008-04-10

China's business climate index fell sharply in Q108 'due to the impact of the sudden weather storms and the global economic slowdown', according to the National Bureau of Statistics.... 2008-04-10